Day 23: Nothing has exploded
Janna and I have reached day 23 in our 35 day escrow process in the purchase of our first home. I haven’t posted very much about it because there hasn’t been much to post.
We asked for work on the house to be done prior to closing, and the repairs we asked for were accepted.
There have been no surprises. No horror stories like some of my friends have shared with me.
And maybe this is the best time to acknowledge my friend Geoff. Geoff didn’t have the worst time buying his house in San Francisco, but he didn’t have the best time either, and he told me about everything that he learned during the process, like:
- How to do extra detective work against the title of the house
- Questions to ask real estate agents and loan agents
- What to look for when doing a walkthrough
- How to watch for vacations and holidays during the closing process
- Always gently reminding me that it really is a better idea to ask all questions that I have, no matter how ignorant, no matter how much I already think things are handled
In short Geoff told me about every mistake he made, everything he would do differently the next time he buys a house. He must have spent more than a handful of hours total from all of the discussions we had, all of them having one central theme: be critical when buying a house.
Not critical like negative, rather critical like serious. Critical like honorable. Critical like dealing with each and every thing that comes up, no matter how difficult it is.
Sure, accidents in life can happen, but this buying a house thing has made me wonder what would the rest of life be like if we just took it a bit more seriously than we currently do.
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